Magazine of typographical composing and casting machines



J. E. BILLINGTON. MAGAZINE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINES- APPLICATION FILED can 30. 1919.

L342,980 Patented June 8, 1920.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 1- J. E. BILLINBTON. MAGAZINE 0F TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30. I919.

1 342,980., Patented J 11116 8, 1920..

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J. E. BIELINGTON.

MAGAZINE 0F TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30, 1919.

1,8%2,980, Patented June 8, 1920..

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I. E. BILLINGTON.

MAGAZINE 0F TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30. I919.

1,342,980, Patented June 8,1920.

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MAGAZINE 0F TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED OCT, 30, I919.

Patented June 8, 1920 (Q SHEETSSHEET 5- STTES JOHN ERNEST BILLING'EON, 0F BROADI'IEATI-I, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO LINOTYPE AND MACHINERY LIMITED, GI LONDON, ENGLAND.

MAGAZINE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINES.

Application filed October 30, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jonn ERNEST Bir- LTNGTON, a subject of the King oi the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at Linotype and Macninery ll orks, Broadheath, in the county of Chester, Eng land, have invented new and useful improvements in or Connected with the Magazines of Typographical Composing and Casting ll'lachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in or connected with the magazines of typographical composing and casting machines particularly those machines known under the trade mark Linotype, and machines of kindred construction.

It is well known that the magazines of these machines each comprise two parallel plates the inner or opposed faces of which are channeled or grooved for receiving the lugs of the matrices stored in said magazine. The channels serve to maintain the matrices on edge in vertical position and to guide them through the magazine as they descend therein by gravity, in response to the actuation of the eseapement mechanism which controls the release of the matrices from said magazine.

So far as the present invention is concerned, it matters not whether the magazines contain matrices or type dies, but for convenience of description only matrices are referred to, and that term is to be held as including type dies wherever the context adn'iits of it.

The pitch of the before mentioned channels 'aries in different magazines according to the setwise dimensions of the matrices to be contained in the said magazines, it being clear that matrices in adjacent grooves, whatever the setwise dimension of those matrices, must never contact with each other at any part of their travel through the magazines.

For the sake of brevity the setwise dimension oi" a matrix is hereinafter regarded and referred to as its thickness.

the thickness of some of the matrices, such for instance as those for casting type for printing punctuation marks, is considerably less than matrices appertaining to other printing characters for example Ms and lVs, of any one and the same font, it follows that the spacing apart of the maga- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 192d.

Serial No. 334,419.

zine channels is not necessarily uniform, and, indeed, for economy of space and material, those channels may be actually distributed throughout the magazine at irregular intervals.

Certain matrices are sometimes used whose thickness is so great as to necessitate for their storage in the magazine a considerably greater space than that usually provided for by a single pair of magazine channels, said matrices when so stored, monopolizing as much space as would be allocated to two ordinarily thick matrices, and for that reason some of the first-named matrices have been provided with two parallel sets of lugs, each set engaging with a different pair of channels of the magazine.

The already known machines for handling these large matrices, are either special to the purpose, that is to say they can deal with only such large matrices, in which case their magazines are channeled with particular re gard to the accommodation of said matrices. or, in addition to their standard magazines appropriated to the composing and casting of ordinary type matter, they are provided with auxiliary magazines for containing the large matrices.

As is well known, the matrices, when they drop 01? the permuted distributer bar along which they are traversed by the usual distributor screws, are received by a so-called magazine entrance providedwith partitions oi which the primary function is to guide each matrix to its appropriate channels in the magazine, for which purpose the said partitions are arranged so as to divide the magazine entrance into a number of separate channels each appropriate to a particular matrix and to the particular pair or pairs of magazine channels appertaining to that matrix. Certain known "forms of these magazine entrance partitions have been designed and arranged to perform also a secondary function in connection with means for automatically stopping the distributer mechanism in the event of a matrix becoming ammed in or fouling the magazine entrance.

M zines differently channeled for rect u spectively different fonts of matrices such for instance as no 'mal or standard fonts and the fonts of thicker or variant matrices for display or head-letter work, call for magazine entrances with their partitions at correspondingly different pitch. For this reason it has heretofore been proposed to construct the partitions so that some of them may be shifted laterally, in order to avoid the necessity of providing each machine with a plurality of interchangeable magazine entrances.

The object of the present invention is to provide improved means for adjusting the partitions of a single magazine entrance, which while applicable to an arrangement comprising one set of non-adjustable and one set of adjustable partitions, also render possible the division of the adjustable partitions into groups independently adjustable in such manner that the range of variation in the relative positions of the partitions is extended in order to adapt a single magazine entrance to the requirements of a greater number of different magazines, and this increased adaptability is, by the present invention, secured without interfering with the utility of the partitions in connection with the above-mentioned secondary function.

Two specific embodiments of the invention have been chosen as convenient examples for description herein, according to the first of which, one normal and one variant arrangement of the magazine entrance channels can be obtained, by the use of only one adjustable set of partitions, while the second embodiment comprises two adjustable sets of partitions, providing one normal and three variant arrangements. These two embodiments of the invention are illus trated respectively in Figures 1 to 5 and Figs. 6 to 9 of the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an end elevation of a magazine entrance according to the above-mentioned first embodiment of the invention, as seen from the right-hand side of the machine, with the distributer indicated diagrammatically;

Fig. 2, a front elevation showing the partitions in the variant position;

Fig. 3, a view seen in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, of the right-hand portion of the magazine entrance, with certain parts omitted, showing the partitions in the normal position; 7

Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 3 of the lefthand portion of the magazine entrance, with a certain part thereof in a different position from that in which it is shown in that figure;

Fig. 4:, a side elevation of a non-adjustable partition with certain adjacent parts shown in section;

Fig. 5 is a view, similar to Fig. a, of an adjustable partition Fig. 6, an end elevation, similar to Fig. 1, of the second embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7, a front elevation of Fig. 6 partly broken away, showing one variant arrange ment of the partitions;

Figs. 8 and 9 views both similar to Fig. 5 showing respectively a partition of each of the two adjustable sets.

Throughout the several figures of the drawings like reference numerals and letters are used to indicate like or corresponding parts.

Referring now to the first embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, the improved magazine entrance is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in operative position between the distributer and the magazine 1, with a thick matrix 2 and a thinner matrix 3 (Fig. 2) on the'permuted bar 4, along which bar they have been traversed by the distributer screws 5, 6, 7, to points at which they are about to leave the bar, from which points they will fall through and be guided by the magazine entrance to the appropriate pair or pairs of magazine channels 8 in the wellknown manner.

The single entrance plate heretofore employed under the partitions of the magazine entrance is, according to the present invention, substituted by two independent plates 9, 10 (see particularly Figs. 1 and 4) fixed to the entrance frame 11 at a distance apart such as to accommodate between them a plate 12 herein termed a sliding plate. The non-adjustable partitions 13, Fig. 4, may be rigidly attached to the two entrance plates 9, 10, in a manner'similar to that adopted for attaching corresponding partitions to the single entrance plate heretofore used, for example by rearwardly projecting hooked lugs 14, 15, passing through slots or engaging with recesses in the upper plate 9 and lower plate 10 respectively, and may be maintained in correct relative position in known manner by a Wire passed through holes in forwardly projecting or upper lugs 16 after the latter have been engaged with slots in a keeper plate 17, such wire also serving as a hinge for the usual top guide 18.

The sliding plate 12, to which the adjustable partitions 19 (Fig. 5) are attached, is guided in a seating provided for it in the entrance frame 11, and the front surfaces of this plate 12 and of the two plates 9, 10, form a practically continuous or unbroken surface within the magazine entrance corresponding to. that heretofore obtained with a single entrance plate. A convenient method of securing the adj ustable-partitions 19 to the sliding plate 12 to insure their movement therewith as a single entity, and of maintaining their essential parallelism relatively to each other and to the non'adjustable partitions 13, is illustrated in Figs. 1' and 5. In the arrangement there shown, each partition 19 is provided with a pair of rearwardly projecting lugs 20, which engage with recesses in upper and lower edges of the plate 12, and the partitions are re tained in their correct fore-and-aft position .i

by wires 21 passed through holes in the said lugs. A keeper plate 24- having slots adapted to fit over lugs 22 on the front edges of the partitions 19, serves to maintain these partitions in parallelism with each other and with the partitions 13. These lugs 22 traverse the before described keeper plate 1.7, which is provided with slots 23 t0 accommodate them, of the necessary length, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to permit the desired lateral movement of the partitions 19. The keeper plate 24: is conveniently connected to the sliding plate 12 by an arm 25 as each end thereof, whereby the movement as a single rigid entity of the sliding plate 12, keeper plate 2% and partitions 19. is assured.

For the purpose of locking the sliding plate 12 in either its normal or variant position, a spring-controlled plunger 26 adapted to engage with one or other of two holes 27, 28 (Fig. 2) in the end of the plate 12, is socketed in the entrance frame 11 with a knob or milled head 29 in a convenient position to enable the plunger to be manually disengaged from the holes 27, 28 preparatory to adjustment of the partitions 19.

In the arrangement illustrated there is provided, in connection with the distributer stopping mechanism, a rack bar 30 connected to the plate 9 with a capacity for longitudinal movement by studs 31 passing through slots 32, and retained against such movement in the normal position in which it is illustrated in Fig. 3, by a spring not shown in the drzm'in s, the upper ends 33 of the partitions 13, 19 being in engagement with the rack teeth 34: beneath a guide plate 35. This normal position of the rack bar 30 and its capacity for longitudinal move ment are essential for the operation of the distributer stopping mechanism, whether the partitions 19 are in the normal or variant position, and it is consequently necessary, to disengage the rack bar from the partitions preparatory to adjusting the partitions 19, and to effect the reengagement thereof-before resuming work on the machine. This disengagement and reengagement may be conveniently effected by the arrangementshown particularly in Figs. 1 and .3, wherein a pair of brackets 36 are secured to the entrance frame 11, supporting a rock-shaft 37 having fast on it leverarms 88, which engage with slots 89 formed in lugs 4-0 fast on the rack bar 30. The slots 32 are provided with transverse extensions 41, to permit the bar 30 to be moved into the two positions shown respectively in Figs. 3 and 3, this movement being effected by the operator through a hand lever 62 fast to the rock-shaft 37. The rack bar 30 may be conveniently locked against accidental displacement from its engaged and disengaged positions by means of a spring detent 42 on each bracket 36 adapted to engage the respect-ive adjacent arm 38 by projections 43 on the detent entering a de pression in the said arm.

In effecting a change of the partitions from their normal pitch shown in Fig. 3 to the variant pitch shown in Fig. 2, the shaft 37 is rocked to move the rack bar 30 rearward and withdraw its teeth 34 out of engagement with the partitions 13, 19, in which withdrawn position it will be temporarily retained by the detents 42. The plunger 26 is then withdrawn from the hole 27 in the sliding plate 12, and the said plate is moved, by means of a knob 4-4:, toward the right until the plunger springs into the hole 28 and locks the sliding plate 12 and the partitions 19 attached thereto in the variant position in which they are indicatedin Fig. 2. Each of the adjustable partitions 19, by this movement, is brought up against the next adjacent non-adjustable partition to the right hand side of it. Vi here the usual spurs 45 are employed for narrowing the entrance channels, close contact of the respective partitions is assured by dispensing with these spurs in the case of the adjustable partitions 19, but if (as with the partitions selected for illustration in Figs. 8 and 9, in connection with the second embodiment of the invention) the known corrugations 46 are used for the same purpose, similar close contact may be secured by forming the corrugations of the respective partitions to nest closely into each other. With the partitions in the position just described, the return of the lever-arms 38 to their normal position will bring the rack teeth 34: back into engagement with the upper ends 38 of the partitions, and the magazine entrance will be ready for cooperating with the respective magazine. It should be noted that while in the arrange ment illustrated the adjustable partitions 19 are those indicated by the reference letters a to n in Figs. 2, 8, and 3, the number of such partitions and their disposition relatively to the remaining non-adjustable partitions maybe varied within the scope of the invention to secure any desired normal pitch and any desired variation from the normal within the limit of single adjustment.

The second embodiment of the invention will now be described with particular reference to Figs. 6 to 9 of the drawings.

According to this arrangement, two independently adjustable sliding plates 17, 48 are employed, which together fill the gap between the two entrance plates 9 and 10, the front surfaces of the four plates forming a practically continuous or unbroken surface. The partitions 49 (Fig. 8) attached to the sliding plate 47 are each provided with a single rearwardly projecting lug 50' accommodated in a recess formed in the lower edge of the plate 17, the lugs being retained in those recesses by a wire 51 threaded through the said lugs. On the front edge of each partition 49 there is provided a lug 52 adapted to pass through a slot 23 in the keeper plate 17, and the partitions are maintained in correct position relatively to each other by a wire 53 passed through holes in the lugs 52 after the latter have been engaged with slots in a U-shaped binder 54L on the outer side of the keeper plate 17. The binder 54; is connected to the plate 47, by an arm 55 at each end of the latter, so that the plate 45?, partitions 49 and binder 5a are movable laterally of the machine as a single rigid entity. Similarly, the partitions 56 (Fig. 9) have rear lugs 57 engaging recesses in the lower edge of the sliding plate l8, and front lugs 58 which pass through a second set of slots 59 (Fig. 7) in the keeper plate 17, and are held together on the outer side thereof by a binder 6O rigidly connected with the plate 48 by arms 61.

The sliding plates 4:7, 48, have at their outer ends a pair of holes 27, 28 and 27*, 28 respectively. Two spring-controlled plungers 26, and 26 slidable in the entrance frame. 11, engage these respective pairs of holes and lock the plates in their two terminal positions.

As an alternative to the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1, the locking of the bar 30 in its respective positions is efiected by plunger balls 63 socketed in the brackets 36 engaging with notches 64 in extensions of the lever-,

arms 38.

In certain machines to which this invention is applicable, the rack bar 30 engages the partition ends 33 practically vertically instead of horizontally, as in the present example; the application of the present invention thereto involves onl T sli ht modifications in the arrangement of levers for moving the rack bar.

It will 110w be understood that each of the plates 4L7, 48 can be independently adjusted in a manner similar to that described in connection with the single plate 12. For convenience, it is assumed that the normal pitch of the partitions will be the same as that exemplified in the first embodiment of the invention, and that the same adjustable partitions, 2'. 6., those indicated by the ref erence letters a to a are selected. In the present instance, however, these adjustable partitions are divided into two groups, one group, comprising the partitions b, c, c, g, h, '5, 7a, m, a, being allocated to the sliding plate a7, and the second group, comprising the partitions a, (Z, f, y, Z, being allocated to the sliding plate 48. With this distribution of the adjustable and nonadjustable partitions, a normal pitch of the entrance channels similar to taat shown in Figs. 3 and 3 will obtain when both plates 4-7, as are in their leftmost position with the plungers 24;, 24 engaged with the respective holes 25, 25 A movement of the plate 47 to the right, plate 48 remaining in its normal position, will produce the variant pitch of the entrance channels shown in Fig. 7. WVhen both plates are in their rightmost position, the arrangement of the parti .tions will be similar to that shown in- Fig. 2.

A third variant pitch will be obtained with the plate 4!? in its normal position and the plate 48 in its rightmost position, wherein it may be retained by the engagement of the plunger 26 with the hole 28.

When partitions of the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 are employed in conjunction with a longitudinally movable rack bar 30, the upper ends 33 of a plurality of such partitions may readily be accommodated in any one of the rack spaces. The flexibility of the said ends, assured by the ordinary slots 65 (Figs. 4 and 5), will be suflicient to admit of the necessary longitudinal movement being imparted to the rack bar 30, to disengage the clutch of the distributer driving mechanism in the known manner. In cases where an axial movement of the lower distributer screw 6 is relied on, for disengaging the distributer driving clutch, partitions of the form shown in Figs. 8 and 9 may be used in conjunction with a rack bar 30 which is not movable longitudinally. Here again a plurality of partition ends 33 may be accommodated in a single rack space, the rack teeth giving the support to the partitions necessary to insure the desired movement of the lower distributer screw 6 when a matrix becomes jammed in the magazine entrance.

Having described my invention, I declare that what claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a plurality of groups of partitions adjustable to vary the width of the channels, and means whereby each of such groups may be adjusted independently.

2. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a stationary entrance plate, a group of partitions rigidly secured to the said entrance plate, a sliding entrance plate presenting a surface within the mag-a zine entrance continuous with the corresponding surface of the stationary entrance plate, and a group of partitions rigidly secured to the sliding plate.

3.111 or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a stationary entrance plate, a group of partitions rigidly secured to the said entrance plate, a plurality of sliding entrance plates together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surface of the stationary entrance plate, and a group of partitions rigidly secured to each sliding plate.

4. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a stationary entrance plate, a group of partitions rigidly secured to the said entrance plate, a sliding entrance plate presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surface of the stationary entrance plate, a group of partitions rigidly secured to the sliding plate, and means adapted to lock the sliding plate in different positions.

5. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a stationary entrance plate, a group of partitions rigidly secured to the said entrance plate, a plurality of sliding entrance plates together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surface of the stationary entrance plate, a group of partitions secured to each sliding plate, and means adapted to lock each sliding plate in different positions.

6. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a sliding entrance plate, a group of adjustable partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each such partition at one of its edges to the sliding plate, a device adapted to engage the opposite edges of the adjustable partitions and in aintaiii them in parallelism with each other, and means adapted to rigidly connect the said device to the sliding entrance plate.

7. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a stationary entrance plate, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each stationary partition at one of its edges to the stationary plate, a keeper plate adapted to en gage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a sliding entrance plate, group of adjustable partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each adjustable partition at one of its edges to the sliding plate, a device adapted to engage the opposite edges of the adjustable partitions and maintain them in parallelism with each other, and means adapted to rigidly connect the said device to the sliding entrance plate.

8. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a stationary ent 'ance plate, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each stationary partition at one of its edges to the stationary plate, a keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a sliding entrance plate presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surface of the stationary entrance plate, a group of adjustable partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each adjustable partition at one of its edges to the sliding plate, a device slidable relatively to the keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the adjustable partitions and maintain them in parallelism with each other, and means rigidly connecting the said device to the sliding entrance plate.

9. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, ofa stationary entrance plate, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to ri idly secure each stationary partition at one of its edges to the stationary plate, a keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a plurality of sliding entrance plates together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surface of the stationary entrance plate, a group of adjustable partitions appropriate to each sliding plate, means adapted to rigidly secure one edge of each such partition to the respective sliding plate, a device appropriate to each group of adjustable partitions adapted to engage their opposite edges and maintain them. in parallelism with each other, and means adapted to rigidly connect each of the said devices to the respective sliding entrance plate.

10. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of two stationary entrance plates, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each stationary partition to the said entrance plates, a sliding entrance plate intermediate the two stationary entrance plates and present ing a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces of the said stationary plates, a group of adjustable partitions and means adapted to rigidly secure each adjustable partition to the sliding plate.

11. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, .of two stationary entrance plates, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each stationary partition to the said entrance plates, a plurality of sliding entrance plates inter mediate the two stationary entrance plates and together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces of the said stationary plates, a group of adjustable partitions appropriate to each sliding plate, andmeans adapted to rigidly secure each such partition to the respective sliding plate.

12. In or for a typographical composing mach ne, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of two stationary entrance plates, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each stationary partition at one of its edges to both stationary plates, a keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a sliding entrance plate intermediate the two stationary entrance plates and presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continiious with the corresponding surfaces of the said stationary plates, a group of adjustable partitions, means adapted to secure each adjustable partition at one of its edges to the sliding plate, a device slidable relatively to the keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the adjustable partitions and maintain them in parallelism with each other, and means rigidly connecting the said device to the sliding entrance plate.

13. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of two stationary entrance plates, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each sta tionary partition at one of its edges to both stationary plates, a keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a plurality of sliding entrance plates intermediate the two stationary entrance plates and together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces oi the said stationary plates, a group of adjustable partitions appropriate to eachsliding plate, means adapted to rigidly secure one edge of each partition to the respective sliding plate, a device slidable relatively to the keeper plate appropriate to each group of adjustable partitions adapted to engage their opposite edges and maintain them in parallelism with each other, and means adapted to rigidly connect the said devices to the respective sliding entrance plate.

14. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with stationary and ad j ustable partitions dividing it into channels, of a rack bar normally in. engagement with the partitions, and means adapted to move the rack bar out of and into such engagement.

15. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with stationary and adjustable partitions dividing it into channels, of a longitudinally movable rack bar normally in engagement with the partitions and means adapted to move the rack bar transversely out of and into such engagement.

16. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a ma azine entrance provided with stationary and adjustable partitions dividing it into channels, or a rack bar normally in engagement with the partitions, means adapted to move the rack bar out of and into such engagement,

and means adapted to lock the rack bar in either its engaged or disengaged position.

17. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided. with stationary and ad justable partitions dividing it into channels, of a longitudinally movable racl: bar normally in engagement with the partitions, means adapted to move the rack bar transversely out of and into such engagement, and means adapted to lock the rack bar in either its engaged or disengaged position.

18. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of two stationary entrance plates, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each sta tionary partition at one of its edges to both stationary plates, a keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a sliding entrance plate intermediate the two stationary entrance plates and presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corre sponding surfaces of the said stationary plates, a group of adjustable partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each adj ust able partition at one of its edges to the sliding plate, a device, slidable relatively to the keeper plate, adapted to engage the opposite edges of the ustable partitions and main' tain them in parallelism with each other, means rigidly connecting the said device to the sliding entrance plate, a rack bar normally in engagement with all the partitions, and means adapted to move the rack bar out of and into such engagement.

19. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of two stationary entrance plates, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each stationary partition at one of its edges to both stationary plates, a keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a plurality of sliding entrance plates intermediate the two stationary en trance plates and together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces of the said stationary plates, a group of adjustable partitions appropriate to each sliding plate, means adapted to rigidly secure one edge of each partition to the respective sliding plate, a device, slidable relatively to the keeper plate, appropriate to each group of adjustable partitions adapted to engage their opposite edges and maintain them in parallelism with each other, means adapted to rigidly connect each such device to the respective sliding entrance plate, a rack bar normally in engagement with all the partitions, and means adapted to move the rack bar out of and into such engagement.

20. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partititons dividing it into channels, of two stationary entrance plates, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each stationary partition at one of its edges to both stationary plates, a keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a sliding entrance plate intermediate the two stationary ent 'ance plates and presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces of the said stationary plates, means adapted to lock the sliding plate in different positions, a group of adjustable partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each adjustable partition at one of its edges to the sliding plate, a device, slidable relatively to the keeper plate, adapted. to engage the opposite edges of the adjustable partitions and maintain them in parallelism with each other, means rigidly connecting the said device to the sliding entrance plate, a rack bar normally in engagement with all the partitions, means adapted to move the rack bar out of and into such engagement, and means adapted to lock the rack bar in either its engaged or disengaged position.

21. In or for a typognphical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of two stationary entrance plates, a group of stationary partitions, means adapted to rigidly secure each stationary partition at one of its edges to both stationary plates, a keeper plate adapted to engage the opposite edges of the stationary partitions, a plurality o1 sliding entrance plates intermediate the two stationary plates and together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces of the said stationary plates, means adapted to lock each slidtheir opposite edges and maintain them in parallelism with each other, means adapted to rigidly connect each such device to the respective sliding entrance plate, a rack bar normally in engagement with all the partitions, means adapted to move the rack bar out of and into such engagement, and means adapted to lock the rack bar in either its engaged or disengaged position.

22. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a slotted stationary entrance plate, a group of stationary partitions, a projecting lug on one edge of each stationary partition adapted to engage an appropriate slot in the said entrance plate, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each stationary partition, a slotted keeper plate adapted to engage the said lugs, a recessed slidin entrance plate presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surface of the stationary entrance plate, a group of adjustable partitions, a projecting lug on one edge of each adjustable partition adapted to engage an appropriate recess in the sliding entrance plate, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each adjustable partition traversing and movable transversely within an appropriate slot in the keeper plate, a slotted binder slidable relatively to the keeper plate and adapted to engage the said lugs, and means adapted to rigidly connect the binder and sliding plate.

23. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a slotted stationary entrance plate, a group of stationary partitions, a projecting lug on one edge of each stationarv partition adapted to engage an ppropriate slot in the said entrance plate, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each stationary partition, a slotted keeper plate adapted to engage the said lugs, a plurality of recessed sliding entrance plates together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surface of the stationary entrance plate, a group of adjustable partitions appropriate to each sliding plate, a

nojecting lug on one edge of each adjustable partition adapted to engage an appropriate recess in the respective sliding plate, a pojecting lug on the opposite edge of each adjustable partition traversing and movable transversely within an appropriate slot in the keeper plate, a slotted binder appropriate to each group of adjustable partitions slidable relatively to the keeper plate and adapted to engage the said lugs, and means adapted to rigidly connect each of the said binders to the respective sliding entrance plate.

24. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a slotted stationary entrance plate, a recessed stationary entrance plate, a group of stationary partitions, projecting lugs on one edge of each stationary partition respectively adapted to engage an appropriate slot and recess in the respective stationary entrance plates, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each stationary partition, a slotted keeper plate adapted to engage the said lugs, a recessed sliding entrance plate intermediate the two stationary entrance plates and presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces of the said stationary entrance plates, a group of ad justable partitions, a projecting lug on one edge of each adjustable partition adapted to engage an appropriate recess in the sliding entrance plate, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each adjustable partition traversing and movable transversely within an appropriate slot in the keeper plate, a slotted binder slidable relatively to the keeper plate and adapted to engage the said lugs, and means adapted to rigidly connect the binder and sliding plate.

25. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a slotted stationary entrance plate, a recessed stationary entrance plate, a group of stationary partitions, projecting lugs on one edge of each stationary partition respectively adapted to engage an appropriate slot and recess in the respective stationary entrance plates, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each stationary partition, a slotted keeper plate adapted to engage the said lugs, a plurality of recessed sliding entrance plates together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces of the stationary entrance plates, a group of adjustable partitions appropriate to. each sliding plate, a projecting lug on one edge of each adjustable partition adapted to en gage on appropriate recess in the respective sliding plate, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each adjustable partition traversing and movable transversely within an appropriate slot in the keeper plate, a slotted binder appropriate to each group of adjustable partitions slidable relatively to the keeper plate and adapted to engage the said lugs, and means adapted to rigidly connect each of the said binders to the respective sliding entrance plate.

26. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a slotted stationary entrance plate, a recessed stationary entrance plate, a group of stationary partitions, projecting lugs on one edge of each stationary partition respectively adapted to engage an appropriate slot and recess in the respective stationary entrance plates, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each stationary partition, a slotted keeper plate adapted to engage the said lugs, a recessed sliding entrance plate intermediate the two stationary entrance plates and presenting a surface within the magazme entrance continuous with the corresponding surfaces of the said stationary entrance plates, means adapted to lock the sliding plate in different positions, a group of adjustable partitions, a projecting lug on one edge of each adjustable partition adapted to engage'an appropriate recess in the sliding entrance plate, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each adjustable partition traversing and movable transversely within an appropriate slot in the keeper plate, a slotted binder slidable relatively to the keeper plate and adapted to engage the said lugs, means adapted to rigidly connect the binder and sliding plate, a rack bar normally in engagement with all the partitions, and means adapted to move the rack bar out of and into such engagement.

27. In or for a typographical composing machine, the combination with a magazine entrance provided with partitions dividing it into channels, of a slotted stationary entrance plate, a recessed stationary entrance plate, a group of stationary partitions, projecting lugs on one edge of each stationary partition respectively adapted to engage an appropriate slot and recess in the respective stationary entrance plates, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each stationary partition, a slotted keeper plate adapted to engage the said lugs, a plurality of recessed sliding entrance plates together presenting a surface within the magazine entrance con tinuous with the corresponding surfaces of the stationary entrance plates, means adapted to lock each sliding plate in different positions, a group of adjustable partitions appropriate to each sliding plate, a projecting lug on one edge of each adjustable partition adapted to engage an appropriate recess in the respective sliding plate, a projecting lug on the opposite edge of each adjustable partition traversing and movable transversely within an appropriate slot in the keeper plate, a slotted binder ap with all the partitions and means adapted propriate to each group of adjustable pan to move the rack bar out of and into such titions slicla ble relatively to the keeper plate engagement. l0 and adapted to engage the said lugs, means In testimony whereof I have aflixecl my 5 adapted to rigidly connect each of the said signature hereto.

binders to the respective sliding entrance plate, a rack bar normally in engagement JOHN ERNEST BILLINGTON. 

